{"id":5383,"date":"2022-02-03T13:12:32","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T13:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/solidarity-statement-in-support-of-upm-workers-and-their-union-pro-%f0%9f%87%ab%f0%9f%87%ae\/"},"modified":"2022-03-09T12:49:04","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T12:49:04","slug":"solidarity-statement-in-support-of-upm-workers-and-their-union-pro-%f0%9f%87%ab%f0%9f%87%ae","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/solidarity-statement-in-support-of-upm-workers-and-their-union-pro-%f0%9f%87%ab%f0%9f%87%ae\/","title":{"rendered":"Solidarity statement in support of UPM workers and their union PRO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the attacks on UPM Finland workers\u2019 collective bargaining rights continue, unions have published a statement that supports the strike and calls on UPM Finland to do the right thing, respect its workers\u2019 human rights and return to the negotiating table.<\/p>\r\n<p>UPM\u2019s onslaught on collective bargaining rights in Finland is not new. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni-europa.org\/news\/are-social-commitments-of-voluntary-certification-schemes-such-as-fsc-truly-effective-the-case-of-upm-suggests-not\/\">Workers have been on strike since 1 January 2022<\/a> to prevent the Finnish forest industry employers\u2019 organisation from unilaterally withdrawing their collective bargaining rights. Already in October 2020 the company had announced that it would no longer negotiate at a sector level. Then on 8 February 2021 it ramped up its attacks by announcing that it would also move to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni-europa.org\/news\/upm-ramps-up-onslaught-on-workers-collective-bargaining-rights-in-finland\/\">end collective bargaining for white collars at company level<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p>UPM\u2019s moves to undermine social standards cannot be ignored. A strong coalition of Workers representatives in the Tissue sector from unions across Europe including 3F (Denmark), ACV-BIE (Belgium), FSC-CCOO (Spain), CGSLB (Belgium), FCS-CFDT (France), FISTEL-CISL (Italy), GPA (Austria), IG BCE (Germany), KRZZP (Poland), PRO-GE (Austria), SLC-CGIL (Italy), UNIONEN (Sweden) and UNITE (UK) have joined forces with Industrial Europe and UNI Europa Graphical and Packaging in calling on UPM to desist and return to the negotiations.<\/p>\r\n<p>\u201c<em>Social dialogue and collective bargaining are central elements on which we have built European society and we cannot tolerate that a company like UPM decides, unilaterally and for ideological reasons, to abandon practices that have brought welfare and cohesion to our societies for decades<\/em>\u201d, writes the coalition.<\/p>\r\n<p>To read the full statement click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni-europa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/20210203-solidarity-note-UPM.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<div id=\"ConnectiveDocSignExtentionInstalled\" data-extension-version=\"1.0.4\">\u00a0<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the attacks on UPM Finland workers\u2019 collective bargaining rights continue, unions have published a statement that supports the strike and calls on UPM Finland to do the right thing, respect its workers\u2019 human rights and return to the negotiating table. 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